Purav Raja thread...

[jayakris]

At €46.6K+H Quimper Challenger 2020, France

[SF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) l. Ivan Sabanov (CRO)/ Matej Sabanov (CRO), 26 36

I was hoping for a final here... Lost chance against the Sabanov brothers.

[jayakris]

After the title with RamK at Bangalore, Purav is playing with Shamasdin in Italy

At the € 46,600 Bergamo Challenger

[R1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Nino Serdarusic (CRO)/ Chun-hsin Tseng (TPE)

[jayakris]

With the second round loss at Bergamo, and the first round loss at Pau, both with Shamasdin (see the 2020 European challenger thread), Purav wasn't able to pick up much to replace the 225 points for the SF at the Dubai ATP last year (with Jeevan). So, he will drop to around #110 next week, behind RamK at around #101, as the 4th highest ranked Indian doubles player. But the 375 points since last November from 3 challenger titles and one SF with RamK, keeps him at a decent ranking.

He should just travel with RamK, wherever RamK goes! He has hardly done much with others for a whole year, but seems to complement RamK very well. And RR won't have to worry about finding doubles partners.

[sameerph]

Purav thru to the SF at Biella.

At Biella 4 Challenger 80, Italy

[R1] Purav Raja (IND) / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) d. (Alt) Akira Santilan (JPN) / Bernard Tomic (AUS) 62 57 10-3

[QF] Purav Raja (IND) / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) d. Quentin Halys (FRA) / Lucas Pouille (FRA) 64 46 10-7

They next play pair who beat Bala and Maragaroli in QF.

Next,

[SF] Purav Raja (IND) / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) vs. (4) Matt Reid (AUS) / Lloyd Glasspool (GBR)

[Dinesh]

Glasspool just won a ATP doubles title last week, so this will be a tough match but Purav already is having a good week defeating teams involving former top-20 players in Pouille and Tomic. Go Purav!!

[sameerph]

They lost in a close match.

At Biella 4 Challenger 80, Italy

[SF] Purav Raja (IND) / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) l. (4) Matt Reid (AUS) / Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) 64 46 7-10

[sameerph]

Purav started with a win at a challenger in Switzerland.

At Lugano Challenger 80, Switzerland

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND) / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) d. (WC) Daniil Goulbev (RUS) / Evgenii Tiurnev (RUS) 64 36 10-7

Next,

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND) / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) vs. Syzman Walkow (POL) / Jan Zielinski (POL)

[sameerph]

He lost in the QF though.

At Lugano Challenger 80, Switzerland

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND) / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) l. Syzman Walkow (POL) / Jan Zielinski (POL) 46 26

[sameerph]

Purav is playing in Croatia with same partner and started with an easy win.

At Split Challenger, Croatia (Clay)

[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND) / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) d. (WC) Duje Kekez (CRO) / Mili Poljicak (CRO) 62 63

Next,

[QF] (4) Purav Raja (IND) / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) vs. Zdnek Kolar (CZE) / Lukas Rosol (CZE)

[sameerph]

Purav and Weissborn lost in a close match in the QF.

At Split Challenger, Croatia (Clay)

[QF] (4) Purav Raja (IND) / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) l. Zdnek Kolar (CZE) / Lukas Rosol (CZE) 36 63 8-10

[sameerph]

Purav and Triston lost in first round in this week's Split challenger.

At Split 2 Challenger, Croatia (Clay)

[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND) / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) l. Szymon Walkow (POL) / Jan Zielinski (POL) 36 46

[sameerph]

After a good run last week with RamK, Purav played with a different partner this week but lost in first round.

At Lugano Challenger, Switzerland(Indoor hard)

[R1] Purav Raja (IND) / Ruben Gonzeles (PHI) l. Pavel Kotov (RUS) / Devid Poljak (CZE) 67(2) 62 6-10

[Omkara]

One went to Columbia, one went to Switzerland and the other somewhere. Why? To play doubles in a challenger. Then lost in round one. Why????

[Atithee]

They should play with each other; at least it will make travel and camaraderie easier. It’s not like they have a permanent partner with whom they are getting stellar results.

[jayakris]

I guess we haven't come back to this thread in a long while. After the above discussion, Purav got back with RamK for an SF and a QF, and then split again, to play with James Cerratani for an event. They lost the first match to Divij and Sitak. I guess the two of them realized that they were made for each other after all ... Except for an odd week with another partner, it has been Di-Pu for 21 events during the past year for Purav.

Next week he is playing with Charles Broom (GBR,211) at the Challenger 125 in Oreias, Portugal. This guy Broom is a 24 year old who has come up fast in doubles to near 200 the last year, playing with a bunch of different partners. I guess this is a one-week thing. Not sure where Divij is, next week. Not seeing him in the entry lists as of now.